Synopsis:

Technologies only look “inevitable” in hindsight. From electricity to the internet, their shape was steered by economic interests and historical contingencies—not destiny. The same applies to AI today: claims of its inevitability mainly serve corporate ubiquity strategies. Educators and citizens still have agency to question, constrain and reshape AI rather than accepting it as fate.
Originally published at: https://leonfurze.com/2025/04/28/the-myth-of-inevitable-ai/

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